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Article: JESUS OF HOLLYWOOD Christ was first portrayed on film 105 years ago. Since then many directors and actors have been tempted to depict the Christian saviour -- the latest, this Easter, on the BBC. Paul Whitington looks back at how they have fared...
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- Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)
- Article date:
- March 22, 2008
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JESUS OF HOLLYWOOD
Christ was first portrayed on film 105 years ago. Since then many directors and actors have been tempted to depict the Christian saviour -- the latest, this Easter, on the BBC. Paul Whitington looks back at how they have fared...
Ever since the dawn of cinema filmmakers have been tempted -- possibly by the devil -- to recreate the events of the Gospels. In fact, within a few years of the birth of moving pictures the Lumiere brothers were bringing Jesus to the screen in a respectful 44-minute film called La Vie et la Passion de Jesus Christ. If that 1903 incarnation marked Christ's first known appearance in front of the camera, there have since been ...
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